DID YOU HEAR ABOUT XLIV

Did you hear about .......................

1. The trial of the semicolon?
2. The pronunciation dilemma that's troubling the experts?
3. The woman who started investing in beef and chicken stock?
4. The pastry chef whose mother's sister was always angry?

Answers:

1. He was found guilty and got two consecutive sentences. 
2. One of the U's in VACUUM is silent, and they will never know which one it is.
3. She hoped to become a bouillonaire.
4. She was a cross aunt. (croissant)

Credits:
1-3: The Enigma
August, 2019
1. WITZ
2. RIDDLE
3. yodaughter
4: Reader's Digest 
    Contributed by Regina Christian